Ryan Patraw process ballots at the Marion County Clerk’s Office in Salem on Monday, May 16. Each ballot goes through several steps before it is scanned to have the vote tabulated. )Photo by RON COOPER of the Oregon Capital Chronicle)…
Keizer Police Department seized nearly $7,000 in stolen goods and arrested a 39 year-old Keizer resident who had a warrant from Idaho for burglary and grand theft on April 20. KPD would not release the name of the suspect, but…
UDPATE (May 12, 2022) – Investigators into the May 8 attack on the Oregon Right to Life building in Keizer have released photos of a suspect vehicle (identified with a red arrow in the photos) leaving the area on the…
Chemeketa Cooperative Regional Library Service Executive Director John Hunter offered analysis and answered questions from the Library Work Group members at a May 4 meeting. (Charles Glenn/Keizertimes) A city library work group might be the last place you’d expect to…
Demonstrators from an anti-LGBTQ+ group turned out to disrupt Keizer’s first-ever Pride Fair in June of last year. After being confronted by attendees and urged by the police to leave the group departed and did not return. (Photo submitted by…
Starting this year, KeizerFEST will now be held in August, prompting speculation and public support for holding the event at Keizer Rapids Park. The Keizer Chamber of Commerce, who stages the event each year and is recommending the location change, sent…
Marion County Commissioners Colm Willis and Danielle Bethell spoke at the Mid-Willamette Valley Public Safety and Crime Discussion, May 2, at the Chemeketa Small Business Development Center in Salem. (Charles Glenn/Keizertimes) Business and civic leaders from around the Mid-Willamette Valley…
Cara Steele, left, with Police Lt. Andrew Copeland. Keizer Patrol Division Supervisor Lt. Andrew Copeland describes the city’s Crime Analyst, Cara Steele, as “the hub” for the police department in fighting crime. Every section of the department relies on her…
KPD Officer Scott Keniston has been with the department since 2007 and a K9 handler since 2009. K9 Blitz is a Belgian Malinois. Blitz is responsible for tracking and trailing, building and area searches, discarded article searches, suspect apprehension and…
Adam Brown arrived in Keizer this week to take over for Wes Hare as the city’s new chief executive. The former Ontario, Ore. city manager said he’s all about collaboration and building teamwork. “Building relationships is number one,” he said. “Then…